Connections: From Mima/Herellea to Acinetobacter to the Double Helix to Lwoff to … CRAB

There once was a Scientific American section authored by science historian James Burke called ‘Connections”. In it James Burke, a true renaissance man, showed us how an ‘internet’ of serendipitous encounters, connections between persons, places and events led to advances Continue reading Connections: From Mima/Herellea to Acinetobacter to the Double Helix to Lwoff to … CRAB

Greenwood: Antimicrobial Drugs – Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Medical Triumph

This is not meant to be a book review.  I just want to express my gratitude to Prof. Greenwood for writing a book about the remarkable story of antibiotic discovery and development of the last century.  It is clearly a labor of love, written with Continue reading Greenwood: Antimicrobial Drugs – Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Medical Triumph